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Konfabulator
[Original Link] OK, I’m starting to see what the fuss is about. I finally got around to playing with Konfabulator, and it’s really cute. Possibly even useful. I can see why Apple decided shamelessly to...
View ArticleMicrosoft Powerpoint and the Decline of Western Civilisation
[Original Link] A nice commentary on BBC Radio 4. The RealPlayer stream is here, but in case that link doesn’t last, you could also try this.
View ArticleFunction keys on Powerbooks
[Original Link] Here’s a hint I found quite useful. On the Powerbook, the function keys, by default, do other things like changing the brightness of the display or turning numlock on and off. To make...
View ArticleGuardian Gaffs
[Original Link] It’s not often that I’m ashamed to be British, but this is one of those times. The Guardian newspaper has the names of many thousand supposedly undecided American voters which it will...
View ArticleWindows maintenance
Ah, I’d forgotten what fun it was maintaining a Windows machine. Looking today at a friend’s computer which was running rather slowly, I went to defragment the hard disk. “You last defragmented this...
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I’m not naturally an early riser, and for some time I have, inexplicably, felt slightly guilty about this. So I have developed a philosophical principle which can enable all ‘evening people’ to, well,...
View ArticleGuardian calls it quits in Clark County fiasco
[Original Link] The Telegraph, of course, revels in the end of the Guardian’s “Write to a Clark County voter” campaign. This follows an earlier article rejoicing in how it had backfired. The Guardian...
View ArticleThe iPod Photo
[Original Link] This year’s must-have Christmas present? I keep a backup of my photos on my iPod, so I guess being able to view them makes sense. I think John’s going to beat me on this one – he can...
View ArticleDog saves woman’s life by dialling 911
[Original Link] A great story on CNN. Faith, a 4-year-old Rottweiler, phoned 911 when [her owner] fell out of her wheelchair and barked urgently into the receiver until a dispatcher sent help. Then the...
View ArticleThe world is changing
I woke this morning to find a situation almost unknown in (my) living memory. I turned on the radio, as is my wont, to listen to BBC Radio 4, and it wasn’t there! Nor were any of the other national BBC...
View ArticleCambridge Monopoly
[Original Link] The prefect Christmas present for all those Silicon Fen millionaires?
View ArticleApple Event and iPod Photo
[Original Link] Just watched the Quicktime feed of Steve Jobs doing the iPod Photo launch, with the aid of U2. I have to take my hat off to Apple – I’m biased by my enthusiasm for their technology, but...
View ArticleThe iPod Powerpoint?
I wonder how many people have realised that the iPod Photo could be a great way to carry Powerpoint-style presentations around? Or Keynote presentations, I should probably say. The video-out connectors...
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More radio news
[Original Link] Following my last entry about the absence of the BBC this morning, Dave pointed me at this site. There was a fire at the Peterborough transmitter last night, apparently, and the mast...
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